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using text keyboard for playing notes...
« on: Aug 5th, 2005, 10:38am » |
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can i use my text keyboard(non midi) to play simple notes in programs as reason that doesnt support that?
could you please explain how it is done 
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« Reply #1 on: Aug 5th, 2005, 4:07pm » |
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There's a few programs that can do this. MIDI-OX is one. You will also need to install MIDI Yoke. Then attach MIDI Yoke 1 as Output of MIDI-OX and MIDI Yoke 1 as Input to Reason.
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Re: using text keyboard for playing notes...
« Reply #2 on: Aug 8th, 2005, 6:40pm » |
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As a (very) new user of this software (Hey, a basic turorial/teaching aid for non-musically experienced neophytes would be a fabulous thing!!) could you walk me through the connection steps you just described?
Appreciate you time
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« Reply #3 on: Aug 9th, 2005, 1:55am » |
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We are trying to put together some tutorials - honest...
Assuming you have both MIDI-OX and MIDI Yoke Installed (If not, check those pages for details), launch MIDI-OX. Choose Options | MIDI Devices.... Under MIDI Outputs, click on MIDI Yoke NT: 1. Press [OK]
Launch Reason. Somewhere in Reason there will be a similar page to choose a MIDI Input. Choose MIDI Yoke NT: 1
Back in MIDI-OX, choose Actions | Keyboard. The little image in the toolbar will start blinking. Now press Keys on the computer keyboard to send MIDI Notes to Reason.
To find out more about Keyboard Key mapping open the MIDI-OX Help file.
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« Reply #4 on: Aug 9th, 2005, 2:22pm » |
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Jamie - if you want to post a list of tutorials you're after, there might be some easy stuff I could get done, if you like. (Unless you were thinking of having deadlines... I don't do deadlines  )
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« Reply #5 on: Aug 9th, 2005, 5:24pm » |
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Thanks for the offer! I have a few basic things done, but you could add whatever interests you. I hope to get a section started soon, and we can add to it over time. I have a preliminary list at home that I'll try to dig up.
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Re: using text keyboard for playing notes...
« Reply #6 on: Aug 10th, 2005, 7:37pm » |
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You know what they say.....the older you get the more there is to learn!!!
"Reason??"
I began a search and found some refs.....
Can you explain a little further?
What exactly is the function of this s'ware in this application?
Do I need a "full version?"
Where can I find it? Any issues to d'load and install?
Anything else I need to know?
Many thanks
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« Reply #7 on: Aug 10th, 2005, 8:10pm » |
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I thought you were asking a question about how to hook MIDI Yoke up to Reason (a program by propellerheads)? If not, just substitute any other MIDI Program for Reason. The point was to describe how to use MIDI Yoke with MIDI-OX to play the Computer Keyboard as if it was a MIDI Keyboard.
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Re: using text keyboard for playing notes...
« Reply #8 on: Aug 11th, 2005, 1:59pm » |
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So, with -OX and -Yoke installed, do you need anything else to get an output to the speakers of a conventional PC?
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« Reply #9 on: Aug 11th, 2005, 4:48pm » |
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MIDI isn't audio.
Speakers are driven by an audio feed.
You need something - called a synthesizer - that responds to MIDI messages by producing an audio signal.
Microsoft provides one built into Windows XP.
In MIDI OX, open the MIDI Out for the Microsoft GM/GS Synth and the MIDI In your MIDI device is connected to. That's about it for an external connection - no MIDI Yoke required.
If you're using the text keyboard (just realised that's what this thread is about  ), then you can skip the "open the MIDI In" bit of the previous - just open the MIDI Out.
If you're creating MIDI messages in a program running on the same PC, normally you'd just open the Microsoft GM/GS Synth directly for MIDI Output. However, you might want to send the MIDI messages to some other program. You'd then use MIDI Yoke as output from the first and input to the second. One likely "some other program" is a synthesizer with better sounds that the Microsoft GM/GS Synth.
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